Commodore Lord Robert Thomas Brudenell-Bruce (25 Jan 1845 – 15 Feb 1912) was a British

Commodore Commodore may refer to: Ranks * Commodore (rank), a naval rank ** Commodore (Royal Navy), in the United Kingdom ** Commodore (United States) ** Commodore (Canada) ** Commodore (Finland) ** Commodore (Germany) or ''Kommodore'' * Air commodore, a ...

of the

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He was born the fourth son of

Ernest Brudenell-Bruce, 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury PC (8 January 1811 – 18 October 1886), styled Lord Ernest Bruce from 1821 until 1878, was a British courtier and politician. He served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household b ...

. He gained the rank of Commodore in 1900 and inherited

Deene Park Deene Park, the seat of the Brudenell family since 1514, is a country manor located northeast of Corby in the county of Northamptonshire, England. The hall itself is a Grade I listed building dating back to the 14th century which has been modi ...

in Northamptonshire on the death of his father in 1886. He married Emma Leigh in 1878 and had 4 sons and 3 daughters. Before inheriting Deene Park the family lived on Hayling Island, near Portsmouth. He died on 15 February 1912 at the age of 67. His eldest son and heir James Ernest was killed in the First World War in 1917. His second son, George Lionel Thomas, reverted his name back to Brudenell by Royal Licence and inherited Deene Park from his brother James Ernest. His fourth son

John Charles Brudenell-Bruce John Charles Brudenell-Bruce, MBE, OStJ (6 March 1885 – 13 February 1960), was a diplomat in the British service and a politician who served during the years immediately after the reintroduction of democracy in the British Virgin Islands in 19 ...

became a Member of the Legislative Council (M.L.C.) of the

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. The west window of

St Mary's Church, Hayling Island St Mary's Church is a parish church in the Church of England in the parish of Portsmouth in Hampshire. History Built mainly in the early thirteenth century from imported stone, the church gained the addition on a timber porch in the fifteenth ...

was installed to his memory by his children.

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